Reimagining Probation Practice: Re-forming Rehabilitation in an Age of Penal Excess

Reimagining Probation Practice offers a comprehensive and positive reimagining of probation practice in England and Wales across all key settings. It brings together chapters co-authored by academics and practitioners, offering a conceptualization of the rehabilitative endeavor within the realities of a unified probation service. The book covers main themes and job functions, including court work, individual and group interventions, resettlement, public protection, partnerships, education, and training. It argues for the application of parsimony, proportionality, and productiveness to the criminal justice system in its work to rehabilitate individuals.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 248 pages
Publication date: 17 October 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive and uplifting reimagining of probation practice in England and Wales spans all the critical settings where work with individuals under supervision occurs. By bringing together chapters co-authored by academics and practitioners, it offers a holistic conceptualization of the rehabilitative endeavor within the realities of a probation service recently unified after the acknowledged failure of the Transforming Rehabilitation reforms.

Reimagining Probation Practice delves into the core themes and job functions of probation practice, encompassing court work, individual and group interventions, resettlement, public protection, partnerships, education, and training. Each chapter provides a brief critical history of the area of practice, the current policy context, the applicability of different forms of rehabilitation (personal, legal/judicial, social, and moral) to this area of practice, an overview of current good practice, and areas in need of development.

The book argues forcefully that the principles of parsimony, proportionality, and productivity should be applied to the criminal justice system in its efforts to rehabilitate individuals. It serves as an indispensable resource for practitioners, probation training participants, policy makers, leaders, managers, and anyone with an interest in social and criminal justice.

Weight: 416g
Dimension: 155 x 233 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367775940